Packaging-receptacle.



B. M- EATON. PACKAGING REYCEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21. 1915.

1,242,534. Patented Oct. 9,1917.

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BENJAMIN M. EATON, OF WIN'1HROP, MASSACHUSETTS.

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" To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN M. EATON,

a citizen of the United States of America,

and resident of Winthrop, in the county of Sufi'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packaging-Receptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descri tion.. a

his invention relates to a .box or carton for the packaging of powdered, granular or trade.

flaked material, and has for its object to provide a box which is of simple character,

.which may be manufactured cheaply and without waste of stock, which will retain the merchandise tightly closed up to the time it is to be used by the consumer, which is susceptible of being easilv unsealed to permit portions of the contents of the package to be poured out from time to time as occasion requires, and which even after the unsealing, still has a closure for the delivery end of the package which will efl'ectually exclude dust and dirt and will also in a measure exclude air and moisture.

The invention is described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and is set forth in the claims.

In the drawings r Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a box in readiness to receive its contents previous to the closure thereof. v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the box understood as having'been'filled and as closed for presentation of the package in the Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the box as having been opened and yet adapted to have the mouth thereof substantially closed while a portion of the contents of the box remains therein.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section from front :to rear centrally through the box in its originally closed form.

Fi 5 is a similar sectional view but showlng the relations of the parts after the box shall have been opened and the mouth of the box thereafter substantially closed.

In the drawings, A represents the box Specification of Letters Patent.

The box back has formed as a continuation thereof a flap a which is adapted to be horizontally turned and securely and permanently stuck to the uppermost one of the superimposed flaps b, d (1?.

The said flap a has a wing a integral.

with and in extension of theforward portion of such flap a and which when the filled box is originally closed, with the flap a stuck to the superlmposed flaps, overlies the box front, and the upper portion of the latter is detachably adherent thereto,-that Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

Application filed December 21, 1915. Serial No. 68,078.

is the glue or pasting for the connection of the said wing is so lightly 'done that the wing may be readily stripped or detached from its fastening with the front upper por-' tion of the box. I

The tab 00 which-'is'left unattached from the box front may serve as a means for ripping the wing from its lightly stuck connection with the box front.

The box has adjacent and parallel with its top edges at its front I) and opposite sides (1 d, llnes f f to indicate where the box is to be cut to be opened.

These lines may be by printing, embossing or scoring, and the words Cut along this line are printed in conjunction with the said lines I.

The box having to their over-lapping relations and are glued o r pasted together.

The cover flap a is turned down horizontally and securely and permanently been filled, the flaps b d 0?, are turned inwardly and horizontally glued or pasted tothe uppermost one of the superimposed flaps, and the wing a is turned down on the face of the box and lightly stuck to the latter,the tab (1 being lines 7 f, severing the short portions of the opposite sides of the box from the box proper, leaving these parts connected to the cover flap a through the medium of the flaps and d as depending flange-like portions of the box top as depicted in Fig. 3.

More or less of the contents of the boxmay now be poured or withdrawn therefrom, and then for a continued and substantial closure of the box the said wing is inserted within the front wall of the box, as

shown in Fig. 5, having by its natural elasticity 01' spring reaction an engagement against the front wall to retain the top and the severed portions of the front and sides carried thereby in closed relation to the box mouth; and, of course, as manifest, the so closed box may from time to time be alternately opened and restored to its substantially closed condition.

I claim 1. A rectangular packaging box, composed of selnirigid material such as cardboard, having a flap connected with the box back and adapted to be connected with the upper portions of the box front and sides, for closing the top of the box, and a wing in extension of the forward portion of the closing flap, and said box having adjacent, and parallel with, its top edges, at the front and 0pposite sides, lines indicating where the box is to be cut to be opened, and said wing serving, by insertion within, and with a spring engagement against the front Wall of the opened box. to retain the top and severed portions of the front and sides in closed relation to the mouth of the box proper.

2. A rectangular packaging box, composed of semirigid material such as card board, a plurality of the sides of which at its top have horizontally inturned flaps one overlying the other, and which are stuck together, and the box back having a horizontally turned flap stuck to the uppermost one of the first named flaps, having a Wing in extension of its forward portion, and overlying, and detachably adherent to, the box front, and said box having adjacent, and parallel with, its top edges, at the front and opposite sides, lines indicating where the box is to be cut to be opened, and said wing serving, by insertion within, and by its natural spring engagement against the front wall of the opened box, to retain the top and severed portions of the front and sides in closed relation to the box proper.

3. A rectangular packaging box, composed raaaaee of semirigid material such as card board, the opposite sides and frontof which at its top have horizontally inturned flaps one overlying another and all stuck together, and the box back having a horizontally turned flap stuck to the uppermost. one of the first named flaps, a wing in extension of its forward portion, and overlying, and detachably adherent to, the box front, being susceptible of having its front and opposite sides cut on lines parallel with and adjacent its upper corners, and said wing being operable by insertion within, and by its natural spring engagement against the front wall of the opened box, to retain the top and severed portionsof the front and sides in closed relation to the box proper.

4. A rectangular packaging box, composed of semirigid material such as card board, a

plurality of the sides of which at its top have horizontally inturned-fiaps one overlying the other, and which are stuck together, and the box back having a horizontally turned flap stuck to the uppermost one of the first named flaps, having a wing in extension of its forward portion, and overlying, and detachably adherent to, the box front, and provided with a marginally extending tab, unattached relatively to the box front, and said box having adjacent, and parallel with, its top edges, at the front and opposite sides, lines indicating where the box is to be cut to be opened, and said wing serving, by insertion within, and by its natural spring engagement against the front wall of the opened box, to retain the top and severed portions of the front and sides in closed relation to the box proper.

Signed by me at Boston, Mass, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN M. EATON.

Witnesses WINIFRED ABBoT, Mnm'rA HARRIS. 

